Lowell child pornographer gets 6 years in jail

LOWELL -- A 47-year-old Lowell man was sentenced Monday to more than six years in prison after he pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to a charge of transporting child pornography.

William Noble was sentenced by US. District Court Judge Nathaniel Gorton to 81 months in prison followed by five years of supervised released after he pleaded guilty in May to transporting child pornography, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston.

Prosecutors allege that Noble, under the user name "notmeatall," communicated online through a peer-to-peer network with an undercover agent.

Noble made nearly 2,000 child-pornography image and video files available for trading and sharing, the release states. From Noble, the agent downloaded 49 files depicting children engaged in sexually explicit conduct, including several with adult men and boys who appeared to be as young as 4.

After his release from prison, Noble must register as a sex offender.

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in February 2006 to protect children from exploitation and abuse.

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